Glengarnock Castle, Kilbirnie

Name: Glengarnock Castle
Address: Kilbirnie, United Kingdom

#2 among attractions in Kilbirnie

Top attraction, Forts and castles

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Glengarnock Castle is one of the ancient ruined fortifications of Ayrshire. Its keep is located on a remote rocky promontory overlooking the River Garnock about 2 miles north of the town of Kilbirnie in North Ayrshire, Scotland. There is no clear account of when this was erected or by whom, but it may have been built by the Cunningham family or by the Riddels who preceded them. The Barony of Glengarnock is one of three feudal baronies which together form the parish of Kilbirnie in the district of Cunningham which lies in north Ayrshire. The River Garnock flows through the village of the same name 4 kilometres to the south, but the name Glen Garnock applies more specifically to the ravine at Glengarnock Castle. ()

Alternative names: Built: XV centuryCoordinates: 55°46'48"N, 4°41'44"W

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Glengarnock Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Barr Castle, Castle Semple, Kilbirnie Auld Kirk, Beith Parish Churches.

2.3 miE
Forts and castles
Barr Castle, Lochwinnoch
59 min walk • Barr Castle is a late medieval tower house. It can be seen today as a ruin on a low ridge to the south of the village of Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire, Scotland.
4.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Castle Semple
115 min walk • Castle Semple is a former mansion house located in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is situated near the eastern end of Castle Semple Loch, within Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park.
2.3 miS
Church
Kilbirnie Auld Kirk, Kilbirnie
60 min walk • Kilbirnie Auld Kirk is a Church of Scotland congregation on Dalry Road, Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Although the building dates back to the 15th century, the present congregation was formed in 1978 by the amalgamation of the Glengarnock Parish Church and the Barony Church.
3.3 miSE
Church
Beith Parish Churches, Beith
84 min walk • Beith Parish Church was formed from the Union of Beith High Church and Beith Trinity Church. Services are held in the former High Church building in Kirk Road The Beith High Church was built in 1807 and extended in 1885. Gothic T-plan kirk dominated by the tall five-stage tower. Stained glass by Gordon Webster.
1.9 miS
Church
St Brigid's Church, Kilbirnie
50 min walk • St Brigid's is the church for the Roman Catholic Parish of Kilbirnie, in the Diocese of Galloway in North Ayrshire, Scotland.
2.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kilbirnie Loch, Kilbirnie
55 min walk • Kilbirnie Loch, is a freshwater Loch situated in the floodplain between Kilbirnie, Glengarnock and Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland. It runs south-west to north-east for almost 2 km, is about 0.5 km wide for the most part and has an area of roughly 3 km². It has a general depth of around 5.2 metres to a maximum of around 11 metres.
3 miE
55°47'19"N • 4°37'8"W
RSPB Lochwinnoch Nature Reserve, Lochwinnoch
78 min walk • Nature and wildlife, Park
3.8 miSE
Archaeological site
The Lands of Roughwood
98 min walk • Roughwood once Ruchwood is a farm, originally a estate, possessing at one time a small tower castle. Roughwood is situated near to the town of Beith in North Ayrshire, Scotland; the lands lay within the old Lordship of Giffen.
3.3 miE
Forts and castles, Vernacular architecture
Belltrees Peel, Lochwinnoch
84 min walk • Belltrees Peel is a medieval tower situated on a peninsula in Castle Semple Loch in Renfrewshire, Scotland, on which was once an island.
0.8 miNE
Forts and castles
Barony of Ladyland
20 min walk • The Barony of Ladyland was in the old feudal Baillerie of Cunninghame, near Kilbirnie in what is now North Ayrshire, Scotland.
3.7 miSE
Forts and castles
Hill of Beith Castle, Beith
94 min walk • The old Barony and castle, fortalice, or tower house of Hill of Beith lay in the feudal Regality of Kilwinning, within the Baillerie of Cunninghame, and the Sherrifdom of Ayr, now the Parish of Beith, North Ayrshire, Scotland.